Improvement in machinery for winding conical bobbins



UNITED STATES PATENT OrricE HENRY MARGELLUS AND SAlVlUl'l-L WARD, 0F Ah'IS'lEltDAll/l, NEWV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING CONICAL BOBBINS;

Specieatlon forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,861, dated May 24, 1864.

To aZZ whom it may concern/:-

Be it known that we., HENRY MARcELLus and SAMUEL VARD, each of Amsterda-m, 11|

the county of Montgomery and State of N ew I York, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Winding Conic.1l Bobbins, of which the following embraces a sufficient description, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a section, and Fig. 2 a front view, of a 'portion of a machine embodying our invention, like parts being marked. by the same letters in both gures, and the arrows therein indicating t-he directions in which tie parts move.

In the annexeddrawings,B is a conical bobbin arranged with its axis horizontal, or nearly so, and connected in a detachablemanner to a driving shaft, H, arranged in line, or

fnearlyso, with the axis of the' bobbin, and

mounted so that it can be freely revolved','and also slid endwise with the bobbin. y

A is a conical roller arranged under and A with its conical surface in contact with and tapered in the same direction as the conical surface of the bobbin,'a'nd mounted so that'it will be freely revolved on its axis by its said contact with the bobbin. An endless band or belt, F, is passed around both a long pulley, g, fast on the bobbin-spindleH, and' a driving-pulley, I, arranged at right angles, or nearly so, to and at a suitable distance from the bobbin-spindle, so that byiturning the pulley I inthe proper; direetiopgithe belt F will be made tosturn th'spindl'e lH with the bobbin B and conical roller A, and also at the same time to constantly press the bobbin endwise a gainst-theeonical roller with a yielding force. 5"

Gis a yarn-carrier, so arranged and operated in combination with the .conical bobbin that when the latter is revolved tle yarn-carrier Willthen lay athread of yarn to and fro in spiraL lines on the cone of the bobbin, so as to thereby form thereon a layer of yarn of even thickness. z

Theaforesaid arrangement 0f a conical roller,uA, in combination with a conical bobbin, B, ,arranged horizontally, or nearly so, and pressed endwise towardor against the said conical roller with ayieldingforce by the action of the band or belt F, 'by which the 5 bobbinis revolved, constitutes the distinguishy ing feature of our invention. With that arrangement ot' a conical roller, A, in combination with a conical bobbin, B, arranged horizontally, or nearly so, and revolved and also pressed endwise against the conical roller by a quarter-twist belt, F, there is far less rubbing friction against thecone of yarn as it is being formed on the bobbin, and consequently much less power is required to revolve the bobbin, and 's'uch tender yarn as is commonly used for knitting shirts, jackets, and drawers is far less liable to be broken while being wound on the bobbin than would I be the case if the-bobbin was arranged horizontally and revolved and pressed endwise with ayielding force by a quarter twist belt, F,- into and against a fixed hollow cone or conical shell. And with our aforesaid arrangement ot`on'c'or 'more'conic'al "oll'rs A on the under side of a conical bobbin, B, arranged with its and pressed end wise against-the vconical roller or rollers by' a quarter-twist belt, F, it is o much more convenient to find and mend the end of a broken or run-out yarn on the vbobbinv in winding the latter, and the accumulatnearly equal yielding force against the coni cal rolleror rollers from the commencement than would be the case it'l the bobbinwas ardownward against one or more conical rollersby the gradually-increasing weightof the bobbin and the yarn accumulating thereon. And with our aforesaid arrangement of a conical roller, A, with a conical bobbin, B, arranged with its axis horizontal, or nearly so, and revolved, and also pressed endwise against the conical roller by a Vquarter-twist belt, F, the bobbin-winder is generally more convenient to use and less costly to construct than would be the case if the bobbin was arranged with its axis vertical, and the sma-ll end of the bobbin uppermost and pressed upwardvagainst tion to and independent of the belt for revolving the bobbin.

We mount the conical roller A, Fig. l, on a xed stud, t, or in any other manner which will axis horizontal, or nearly so, and revolved ing yarn on the-'bobbin is pressed with amoref to the ending of the winding on of the yarn ranged with its axis vertical andwith itslargest end uppermost, and then pressed a conical roller by a weighted device in addi allow the roller to be freely turned with and by contact against the conical surface of the bobbin or the yarn Z, wound thereon. And We give 'the requisite movement to the yarncarrier in the common manner, or by any other sufficient means.

In the annexed drawings, a belt, J, Fig. l,

runs from a pulley fast on the driving-shaft` bins, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The arrangement of a conical roller, A, in combination with a conical bobbin arranged with its axis horizontal, or nearly so, and pressed endwise toward or against the conical substantially as herein described.

HENRY MARCELLS. SAMUEL WARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN MCFARLAN, FnANcis GiLLiLAND.

roller with a yielding force by the action of thebelt F, by which the bobbin is revolved, 

